Corn and maize header and cutter.



No. 862,734. PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907;

A. F. HENDRICKS. 001m AND MAIZ'E HEADER AND CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED00T.30. 1905.

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' A TTORIVEYS ALEXANDER F. HENDRICKS, OF WARREN, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

CORN AND MAIZE HEADER AND CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907.

Application filed October 30,1905. Serial No. 285,013;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER F. HENDRICKS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Warren, in the county of Greer, in the Territory ofOklahoma, have invented a useful Improvement in Corn and Maize Headersand Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a novel construction of corn cutter or header,particularly adapted for cutting or heading Kafir corn or maize. At thepresent time Kafir corn is usually cut or headed by means of a knife,but this operation is slow for the reason that it is necessary to graspthe stalk in one hand and use the knife with the other.

The object of my invention is to provide a device which can be used inpairs, one upon each hand, the said device being so constructed andarranged that the stalk can be grasped in the hand and the cuttingoperation carried on simultaneously.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device which may be madeto fit any size of hand and which can be used either with or without aglove.

With these objects in view my invention consists essentially in theemployment of two hooked shaped members adjustably connected to eachother and ad apted to lit upon the hand, the lower member carrying aninwardly projecting blade which serves as a cutter.

The invention consists also in certain details hereinafter fullydescribed and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specificationz Figure l is a viewshowing the practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a detailperspective view of the device taken from one side, and Fig. 3 is aperspective view taken from the opposite side. Fig. 4 is a face View,the cutting blade being shown in section, and Fig. 5 is a detailsectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

In carrying out my invention, I employ an upper Inetallic member A,which is curved or hooked at A to fit over the hand as most clearlyshown in Fig. 1. In connection with the member A is the lower member B,the lower end of which is bifurcated or split as shown at B", oneportion thereof being curved or hooked as shown at B and adapted to fitunder the opposite side of the hand as shown in Fig. 1, and the otherportion of the bifurcated end is bent in the reverse direction andsharpened to provide a cutting blade B The edges of the lower member Bare rolled over as shown. at 13* providing guides in which the uppermember slides, and a set screw 0 passes through said upper member andbears against the lower member for the purpose of locking the memberstogether at any desired point of adjustment.

By having the members adjustable upon each other as herein shown anddescribed, it is obvious that the device can be made to fit varioussizes of hands, and furthermore that the device can be adjusted, ifdesired, so that it can be used either with or without a glove.

The devices are made in pairs and are arranged upon the hands of theoperator, and in operation the stalk to be cut is grasped at the properpoint and by sliding downward and inward, the cutting blade can bepassed through the stalk while said stalk is held in the hand an d bymeans of a tool of this kind the stalk can be cut at exactly the properpoint, and furthermore by having one upon each hand the cutting orheading operations can be carried on just twice as fast as ordinary, asthe operator will be able to use both hands for cutting.

It will thus be seen that I provide an exceedingly cheap, simple andefficient structure of corn cutter or header.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A device of the kind described, comprising two-mom bers shaped to fitupon the hand, slidably connected to gether, one of said members beingprovided with a guideway to receive the other member, and a cuttingblade carried by the member with the guideway.

2. A device of the kind described, comprising two hooked shaped membersslidably connected together, one of said members being provided with aguideway to receive the other member, a set-screw carried by said memberadapted to engage the member with the guideway, and a cutting bladeextending out from the lower end of the member with the guideway.

3. A device of the kind described comprising an upper member curved atits upper end, and a lower member bifurcated at its lower end, oneportion thereof being curved upwardly and the other portion bentinwardly and sharpened, providing a cutting edge said member beingprovided with guides to receive the upper member, as set forth.

l. A device of the kind described comprising the upper member curved atits upper end, the lower member curved at its lower end and carrying theinwardly projecting cutting blade and provided with guides to receivethe upper member, and means for fastening the members together, as setforth.

5. A device of the kind described comprising the upper member curved atits upper end, the lower member curved at its lower end and carrying theinwardly projecting cutting blade also at said lower end, the guidescarried by the lower member and the set screw passing through the uppermember and bearing upon the lower member, as set forth.

6. A device of the kind described comprising a band curved at itsopposite end and adapted to fit the hand.

and an inwardly projecting cutting blade carried at the lower end of theband, guides formed on said blade, a band mounted in said guides havinga curved upper end and a set-screw mounted in the band with the guideadapted to engage the band arranged in the guides.

ALEXANDER F. HENDRICKS.

Witnesses W. E. 'IRAYLOR, D. V. PERRY.

